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K-STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM SIGNS TOP INTERNATIONAL RECRUIT:Kansas State women’s basketball coach Deb Patterson announced Monday the signing of the top international recruit in the class of 2013, Leticia Romero, of Spain. With the addition of Romero, K-State has signed six players for the 2013-14 season.

Romero, who chose K-State over offers from Florida State and Virginia Tech, helped Spain’s U17 national team to a second-place finish at the 2012 U-17 World Championships in Amsterdam, the Netherlands last summer. During the tournament, she led Spain with 13.3 points and 3.5 assists while also pulling in 4.7 rebounds.

KSU HOOPS TRANSFER TO PLAY ON CANADIAN NATIONAL TEAM:Incoming Kansas State junior transfer Justin Edwards has been selected to compete with the Canadian National men’s team, which begins training camp in Portland, Ore., this week for various summer competitions. A transfer from the University of Maine, Edwards was one of 16 players to earn a spot for training camp, including Iowa State’s Melvin Ejim, Baylor’s Brady Heslip, Gonzaga’s Kevin Pangos, Stanford’s Dwight Powell and Kentucky’s Kyle Wiltjer.

TOPEKA NATIVE NAMED HONORABLE MENTION ALL-AMERICAN:Baker University softball pitcher and former Seaman standout Erin Greenwood was named a NAIA honorable mention All-American following her 2013 campaign. Greenwood posted a 16-6 record with a 1.35 ERA and 224 strikeouts in 1551/3 innings this season.

The 65-year-old Holladay spent 20 years on Roy Williams’ staffs at Kansas and North Carolina and came with him to Chapel Hill in 2003. He was a part of five Final Fours — two with KU — and the Tar Heels’ two most recent national championships in 2005 and ‘09.